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The American Historical Association created the Archives Wiki as a clearinghouse for information on the process of archival research and details about individual collections. The initial entries cover the basics: street addresses and hours of operation, online finding aids, a skeleton overview of contents and major topics. While wrangling essential information for a number of sites, the project hopes to offer more hands-on discussions of each facility. Contributors can offer tips on getting grants, finding a place to stay while doing research, and notes about the staff and their general experience with the collection.
The basic information offered by the site is available to anyone willing to do a little digging, but the users’ notes promise to make a first-time visit much more productive and pleasant. By helping others through logistical details the site will lift a burden from folks focused on a dissertation or project outline, and will give researchers a better grasp of working with staff members and even of the historian’s friends, luck and happenstance. From the noise in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library to the farmers’ market near the Lebanon County Historical Society, the reports flesh out the environments in which researchers will be working.
. Historian Shae Davidson's research interests include public policy and the relationship between culture and civil society. His publications range from articles on industrial history to absurdist poetry.
